Using a relational approach to transform children's services

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Social work, burnout and racism: one practitioner’s experience

Welcome to the first episode of Season five of the Social Work Community Podcast! This podcast episode, especially recorded for World Social Work month/week/day, features an interview with Nadine KL Boyne, an experienced social worker and author of the book Social Work is Not Sel ...  Show more

Showing kindness takes minutes: social workers in adult social care champion ways to be more trauma aware

The foundations of trauma awareness are rooted in kindness and compassion and over the last two years, adult social care practitioners at Essex County Council have been on a journey to embed values like these into their direct work, supervision and in shaping Essex’s practice mod ...  Show more

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